Andraes Geist ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Andraes was Andrew Geist.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Lehigh County before moving near Greenbrier in Northumberland County. ⁴

• Military Service: during the Revolutionary War as Sergeant in Capt. Andrew Graff's Philadelphia Co., Militia, 1777. ⁵ Text from the DAR book:
Granddaughter of Peter Smith and Elizabeth Geist, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John Geist and Elizabeth Faulke, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Andrew Geist and Dormeirer -, his wife.
Andrew Geist (1745-1840) was engaged in the battle of Brandywine serving in the Pennsylvania militia with three brothers. He was born in Pennsylvania; died in Greenbrier.

• Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County by J.L. Floyd, 1911. Andrew Geist and wife, Christina Snyder, parents of Mrs. Jonas Eisenhart, had children as follows: John, George, Andrew, Daniel, Josiah, Peter, Abraham, Elizabeth (married Isaac Sheaffer), Christina (married Paul Gerhart), Susan (married Frederick Kahler), Lydia (married Mr. Bixler), Polly (married Jonas Eisenhart), Sallie (married Soloman Falck), Rebecca M. (married Solomon Shankwiler) and Mary (married Joseph Feger). Mr. Geist reared his family at Greenbrier, Northumberland County, where he lived and died.

Andraes married Maria Christina Schneider, daughter of Johann Nicholaus Schneider and Anna Maria Bordner.¹ (Maria Christina Schneider was born on 8 Feb 1778 in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA,¹ died on 12 Sep 1859 in , Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ¹ and was buried in Rebuck: Himmel's Church, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA.)

Andraes next married Elizabeth Dornmeier in 1783 in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.² (Elizabeth Dornmeier was born about 1758.)